Windows 7 Editions Announced

"Windows 7 Editions Announced", Microsoft has finally let the cat out of the bag. They have announced the different Windows 7 editions. Now you can choose the best that suits your needs and requirements. The different Windows 7 Editions are:

Windows 7 Starter Edition – It’s the most basic edition of Windows7 operating system. It has no Aero glass feature and desktop enhancements. Supports basic features like: ability to join a Home Group with improved taskbar and JumpLists.

Windows 7 Home Basic Edition – Again this edition like the above one doesn’t include Aero glass and desktop enhancements. Features include: Live thumbnail previews & enhanced visual experience with advanced networking support and mobility center.

Windows 7 Home Premium – It’s targeted for majority of consumers and small business users. It’s the cheapest Windows 7 edition that boasts the Aero glass feature & advanced windows navigation. Other features include: easy networking & sharing across all your PCs & devices, improved media format support and handwriting recognition.

Windows 7 Professional Edition - Ideal for retail and business users, it has features add-on over Home premium edition. Basic features include: ability to join a managed network with domain join, protect data with advanced network backup, encrypting File System and location aware printing from home or work.

Windows 7 Enterprise Edition - Ideal for mid and large sized businesses who buy Windows licenses in bulk. It includes: bitLocker data protection on both internal as well as external drives, prevent unauthorized software from running with appLocker and directaccess for seamless connectivity to your corporate network.

Windows 7 Ultimate Edition – You are familiar with the Vista Ultimate edition, aren’t you? The Vista ultimate had loads of features in it. Similarly, this one has too. It’s the most expensive one among the above.

Having known the different types of Windows 7 editions, now people are eager to know their prices. Well, don’t worry folks Microsoft will reveal them very soon.

Antivirus And Antispyware For Windows 7

"Antivirus And Antispyware For Windows 7", Windows 7 is now considered the best OS ever released by Microsoft. Why? Because it’s way faster than XP, Vista and its performance improvements have won the hearts of many tech enthusiasts.

They didn’t even let the security factor get you. There are loads and loads on antivirus software for Windows XP and Vista. But none are fully compatible with the new OS, Windows 7.

Antivirus for Windows 7

Microsoft quietly worked with other security/antivirus providers, and have managed to get around three fully-functional and compatible antivirus for Windows 7.

Kaspersky Antivirus

Kaspersky has released a beta version of their popular antivirus software. You can download it from here: Kaspersky Antivirus

Norton 360

Symantec also released the beta version of Norton 360 3.0. Download it from here: Norton 360 3.0 Beta

AVG Antivirus (Free)

ANG is offering both, Internet Security and Antivirus, applications for Windows 7 which are fully compatible and offer all features. Download: AVG Antivirus (Free)

Antispyware for Windows 7

If you are looking for some anti-spyware applications for Windows 7, consider downloading one of these mentioned below.

1. Spybot Search & Destroy
2. Ad-Aware
3. Spyware Blaster

Spybot and Ad-Aware have always been my personal favourites. Let me know if I missed any antivirus or antispyware software.

Show Hidden Files in Windows 7

"How To Show Hidden Files in Windows 7", This trick is one of the easiest I know of and is a very common one too. But there are still people who have difficulty in finding from where and how to show hidden files and folders in Windows.

How To Show Hidden Files in Windows 7

* Click the Start button
* Open Control Panel
* Then go to Folder Options
* Click the View tab
* Check “Hidden files and folders: Show all files and folders”
* Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”
* Click “Apply” and then “OK”

How to get Vista Taskbar in Windows 7

"How to get Vista Taskbar in Windows 7", I’m pretty sure most of you have already tried out Windows 7. I too did, but since I prefer stability I don’t log into Windows 7 quite often. Well, there was a lot of hype of the AeroShake bar in Windows 7.
Most of us loved the all new taskbar but there were a few people who didn’t like it. Well, if you’re one of them then don’t you worry, you can get the old Vista bar back. Here’s how you get it done:

Right click on your taskbar and go to Properties
Now select the options as done in the above screenshot.

Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

"Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts", Keyboard shortcuts are always useful; they have made our job easier. I just can’t imagine using my computer without shortcuts. Well, now that Windows 7 Beta is out and millions of people have already downloaded it, it’s time to know Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts. Here’s a list of the new Windows 7 keyboard shortcut keys to improve your productivity and speed.



Here are some Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts.

Win+UP Arrow | Maximize the current window
Win+Down Arrow | If the current window is maximized, restore it; if the current window is restored, minimize it
Win+Up | Maximize Window
Win+Down | Minimize Window
Win+Left | Snap Window to left
Win+Right | Snap Window to right
Win+Shift+Left | Jump to left monitor
Win+Shift+Right | Jump to right monitor
Win+Home | Minimize / Restore all other windows
Win+T | Focus the first taskbar entry, similar to ALT +TAB
Win+Shift+T | Same as above in reverse order
Win+Space | Peek at the desktop
Win+G | Bring Gadgets to the top
Win+ [Num] | Launches the numbered app running in the Super bar
Win+P | Connecting displays to computers and switching from single monitor to dual|display
Win+X | Mobility Center
Win + + | Zoom in and out of Windows
Win + | Zoom in and out of Windows
Alt+P | Show/hide Preview Pane in Explorer
Win + Tab | Windows Aero Task Switcher
Shift + Click on icon (Taskbar) | Open a new instance
Middle click on icon(Taskbar) | Open a new instance
Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon (Taskbar) | Open a new instance with Admin privileges
Shift + Right|click on icon (Taskbar) | Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc)
Shift + Right|click on grouped icon (Taskbar) | Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc.
Ctrl + Click on grouped icon | Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

Windows 7

"Windows 7", Windows 7 (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna) is the next release of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, Tablet PCs, and media center PCs.

Microsoft stated in 2007 that it is planning Windows 7 development for a three-year time frame starting after the release of its predecessor, Windows Vista, but that the final release date will be determined by product quality.

Unlike its predecessor, Windows 7 is intended to be an incremental upgrade with the goal of being fully compatible with existing device drivers, applications and hardware.Presentations given by the company in 2008 have focused on multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup,and performance improvements.

Some applications that have been included with prior releases of Microsoft Windows, most notably Windows Mail, Windows Movie Maker and Windows Photo Gallery, are no longer included with the operating system; they are instead offered separately as part of the Windows Live Essentials suite.

Windows 7 Secrets

"Windows 7 Secrets", Tim Sneath has a comprehensive list of 30 Windows 7 Secrets. If you have downloaded the Beta you should definitely check them out.

1. Windows Management. By now, you’ve probably seen that Windows 7 does a lot to make window management easier: you can “dock” a window to the left or right half of the screen by simply dragging it to the edge; similarly, you can drag the window to the top of the screen to maximize it, and double-click the window top / bottom border to maximize it vertically with the same horizontal width. What you might not know is that all these actions are also available with keyboard shortcuts:

* Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock;
* Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximizes and restores / minimizes;
* Win+Shift+Up Arrow and Win+Shift+Down Arrow maximizes and restores the vertical size.

This side-by-side docking feature is particularly invaluable on widescreen monitors – it makes the old Windows way of shift-clicking on two items in the taskbar and then using the context menu to arrange them feel really painful.


2. Display Projection. Had enough of messing around with weird and wonderful OEM display driver utilities to get your notebook display onto an external projector? In that case, you’ll be pleased to know that projection is really quick and simple with Windows 7. Just hit Win+P, and you’ll be rewarded by the following pop-up window:

3. Cut Out The Clutter. Working on a document in a window and want to get rid of all the extraneous background noise? Simply hit Win+Home to minimize all the non-active background windows, keeping the window you’re using in its current position. When you’re ready, simply press Win+Home again to restore the background windows to their original locations.

4. Multi-Monitor Windows Management. The earlier tip on window management showed how you can dock windows within a monitor. One refinement of those shortcuts is that you can use Win+Shift+Left Arrow and Win+Shift+Right Arrow to move windows from one monitor to another – keeping them in the same relative location to the monitor’s top-left origin.

5. Command Junkies Only. One of the most popular power toys in Windows XP was “Open Command Prompt Here”, which enabled you to use the graphical shell to browse around the file system and then use the context menu to open a command prompt at the current working directory. In Windows 7 (and in Windows Vista, incidentally – although not many folk knew about it), you can simply hold the Shift key down while selecting the context menu to get exactly the same effect. If the current working directory is a network location, it will automatically map a drive letter for you.
For remaining Windows 7 secrets visit The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets

Windows 7 transformation pack download

"Windows 7 transformation pack download", With the Topic of Windows 7 Growing Hot and more news coming every day,here we share with you about 4 windows seven Transformation packs which will make your Windows XP look like Windows 7 , the awaited Operating System by Microsoft.

Windows 7 Transformation Pack will change the wallpaper, icons, bootscreen, SheelStyle ,Sounds, Login, Cursors and much more to the predicted parts of Windows 7 ( Windows Vienna) .It also includes some applications which will make your desktop look like XP.

List of Windows 7 Transformation Pack download:

1. Vienna 2.5

Download Vienna 2.5 - Windows 7 Transformation Pack (Mirror)

2. HFN Windows Transformation Pack

Download HFN Windows 7 Transformation Pack

3. NSFormation Pack 1.0

Download Windows 7 Transformation pack - NSFormation (Mirror)

4. Vienna Transformation Pack v1

Download Vienna Transformation Pack v1

Working Windows 7 Keys

"Working Windows 7 Keys", Here are some Windows 7 Keys I got from Microsoft site. Please post in comments once you use so I can keep updating it.

Edit: You can use any of these keys on any computers because Microsoft is apparently issuing other people these same keys!

First you have to login to your Windows Live account from the TechNet Downloads page, and then from the same window, paste in the following URL for the 64-bit key and 32-bit key:

Windows 7 32-bit product key link

https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033

Windows 7 64-bit product key link

https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww&LCID=1033

If you've already installed Windows 7 Beta, then you have to navigate to Control Panel > All Control Panels > System and scroll down to the Windows Activation section which should say "You have 29 days left to activate. Click here to activate now." Click that link and you will be prompted for the code. Enter the code and then click Activate online now.

Windows 7 Beta Download

Microsoft released public release of Windows 7 Beta today. You can download windows 7 beta by going to the following link and registering. The download is only available to the first 2.5 million people so you need to hurry up to download Windows 7 Beta software.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced at CES that Windows 7 will be publicly released on January 9. This beta 1 build # is 7000 and it's the same as the leaked Windows 7 Beta.

Download Windows 7 Beta 32-bit
Download Windows 7 Beta 64-bit